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Archbishop Capalla vs. Commission on Elections (COMELEC)

ARCHBISHOP FERNANDO R. CAPALLA, OMAR SOLITARIO ALI and MARY ANNE L. SUSANO, Petitioners, versus THE HONORABLE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, Respondent. and SOLIDARITY FOR SOVEREIGNTY (S4S), represented by Ma. Linda Olaguer; RAMON PEDROSA, BENJAMIN PAULINO SR., EVELYN CORONEL, MA. LINDA OLAGUER MONTAYRE, and NELSON T. MONTAYRE, Petitioners, versus COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, represented by its Chairman, Commissioner SIXTO S. BRILLANTES, JR., Respondent. and TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, BISHOP BRODERICK S. PABILLO, SOLITA COLLAS MONSOD, MARIA CORAZON MENDOZA ACOL, FR. JOSE DIZON, NELSON JAVA CELIS, PABLO R. MANALASTAS, GEORGINA R. ENCANTO and ANNA LEAH E. COLINA, Petitioners, versus COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and SMARTMATIC TIM CORPORATION, Respondents. and TANGGULANG DEMOKRASYA (TAN DEM), INC., EVELYN L. KILAYKO, TERESITA D. BALTAZAR, PILAR L. CALDERON and ELITA T. MONTILLA, Petitioners, versus COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and SMARTMATIC-TIM Corporation, Respondents.

G.R. No. 201112 and G.R. No. 201121 and G.R. No. 201127 and G.R. No. 201413 | 2012-06-13

 
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PERALTA, J.:
 
Pursuant to its authority to use an Automated Election System (AES) under Republic Act (RA) No. 8436, as amended by RA No. 9369, or the Automation Law and in accordance with RA No. 9184, otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) posted and published an invitation to apply for eligibility and to bid for the 2010 Poll Automation Project[1] (the Project). On March 18, 2009, the Comelec approved and issued a Request for Proposal[2] (RFP) for the Project consisting of the following components:
 
Component 1:...